Impact of Rail Transport Development on Tourism Performance in Nigeria
Chapter One
Aim and Objectives of the study
As the tourism industry is of rapid growing segment of today’s economy and consideration have been given to the importance of rail transportation development on tourism only. Therefore, the aim of this study will be centered on it.
It will also be aimed at looking into the various problems that face the effective uses of rail transportation system and how these problems can be solved. The significance of rail transportation system in tourism industry will be adequately highlighted.
The study will also analyze the impact of rail transportation development on tourism industry for effective performance and the various modes available. Also, the various problem that are likely to affect the expected impact of the rail transportation plays in tourism industry. Furthermore, it is going to link the development of tourism in Nigeria to the extent of development of rail transportation.
Government will also get to know of the negative impacts of poor transportation networks on tourism and ways these can be tackled for proper tourists’ flow into Nigeria especially the tourism destinations thereby benefiting from tourism.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
Our focus in this chapter will be to critically examine relevant literatures that would assist in explaining the research problem and furthermore recognize the efforts of scholars who had previously contributed immensely to similar research. The chapter intends to deepen the understanding of the study and close the perceived gaps.
Precisely, the chapter will be considered in three sub-headings:
- Conceptual Framework
- Theoretical Framework, and
- Empirical Review
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Railway Transportation
The Nigerian Railway started in 1898 with rail construction from Iddo to Otta, a distance of 32 kilometers and extended to Maiduguri between 1955 and November 1964. The track network was built essentially for the transportation of produce from the hinterland to the port during the colonial era. Before the 19th century, the single-track narrow network ran diagonally across the country, it was well able to haul all the agricultural products grown in the far north to the seaports at Lagos and Port Harcourt. The commercial quantity and contribution of groundnuts from Northern Nigeria, cocoa from Western Nigeria and palm oil from Eastern Nigeria, to the booming Nigerian economy at the time was a reminder of the good old railway era. Furthermore, development of the railways was abandoned in favour of road transport by successive Nigerian governments, while roads were expanded without any consideration of the attendant effects such as road traffic accidents, pollution, congestion, parking, etc. Some highways were constructed parallel to railway lines, resulting in competition rather than a complementary role between road and rail transport. The rail lines are just 4,332 km of loop and siding lines [29] and till now, Nigeria is yet to catch-up with the required rail lines let alone annexing the model technologies available in the rail sub.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction
In this chapter, we will describe how the study will be carried out.
Research design
Research design is a detailed outline of how an investigation took place. It entails how data is collected, the data collection tools used and the mode of analyzing data collected (Cooper & Schindler (2006). This study will use a descriptive research design. Gill and Johnson (2002) state that a descriptive design looks at particular characteristics of a specific population of subjects, at a particular point in time or at different times for comparative purposes. The choice of a survey design for this study was deemed appropriate as Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) attest that it enables the researcher to determine the nature of prevailing conditions without manipulating the subjects.
Further, the survey method was useful in describing the characteristics of a large population and no other method of observation can provide this general capability. On the other hand, since the time duration to complete the research project was limited, the survey method was a cost effective way to gather information from a large group of people within a short time. The survey design made feasible very large samples and thus making the results statistically significant even when analyzing multiple variables. It allowed for many questions to be asked about a given topic giving considerable flexibility to the analysis. Usually, high reliability is easy to obtain by presenting all subjects with a standardized stimulus; observer subjectivity is greatly eliminated. Cooper and Schindler (2006) assert that the results of a survey can be easily generalized to the entire population.
Research settings
This study will be carried out in Port Harcourt railway corporation of Rivers State, Nigeria.
Sources of Data
The data for this study will be generated from two main sources; Primary sources and secondary sources. The primary sources will include questionnaire, interviews and observation. The secondary sources will include journals, bulletins, textbooks and the internet.
Population of the study
A study population is a group of elements or individuals as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitute of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description (Udoyen, 2019). The population of the study will be all the officials (both junior and senior officers) in Port Harcourt railway corporation of Rivers State.
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